Carbohydrate consumption has a direct and almost immediate effect on blood glucose levels. Carbohydrate counting is a popular meal planning approach that is easily mastered and can help patients achieve and maintain optimal blood glucose goals. Diabetes educators and dietitians, Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, and Karen Bolderman, RD, LDN, CDE present the essentials on this increasingly popular meal planning technique. This resource provides clear, practical approaches for health care professionals to help their patients achieve glycemic control by active carbohydrate counting. The second...

In a clear and concise style, the extensively revised Putting Your Patients on the Pump offers physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinicians, and educators experience and practical guidance on how to help patients successfully manage their diabetes using an insulin pump. Ten chapters provide an in-depth description of insulin pump therapy advantages and disadvantages, pump and infusion set options and selection, pump candidate basics, getting the patient ready, pump start-up, pump therapy management, other considerations (e.g., dining out, alcohol, exercise and...